Non-refillable bottle.



PATBNTBD'NOV, 1s, 190e.

4P. H. BEHRMANN & G. H.- RODEPELD.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26.1906.

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FREDERICK H. BEHRMANN AND GEORGE H. RODEFELD, OF RAY TOWN SHIP, FRANKLINCOUNTY, INDIANA. v

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK H. BEHR- MANN and GEORGE H. RODEEELD,citizens of the United States, residing in Ray township, in the countyof Franklin and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to bottles of the nonrellable type embodying avalve mechanism for closing the neck of the bottle, and has for itsobjects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of thischaracter which Will after the bottle has been initially filled andsealed permit free discharge of its contents but prevent the subsequentintroduction of liquid into the bottle, thus to obviate fraudulentrefilling of the bottle and one wherein the valve mechanism may bereadily introduced and be permanently secured inthe bottle-neck. l

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section takencentrally through the upper portion of a bottle equipped with a valvemechanism embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theguard or shield.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a bottle having a neck providedwith a discharge passage or bore 3, reduced at its lower end to form avalve-seat 4, there being formed at a point adjacent the upper end ofthe neck, the upper portion of which is of slightly tapered or conicalform to present a downwardly and outwardly inclined wall 5, a marginalgroove or seat 6.

Arranged for movement in the passage 3 and to normally close upon theseatk 4 is a spherical or ball valve 7, having disposed thereabove 'andwithin the passage a guard member or shield comprising a body portion orstem 8 and a pair of heads 9, provided with radial openings or recesses10, constituting passages for the liquid, the openings in onehead beingin non-alinement with those in the other, for a purpose which willpresently appear, and the heads being slightly concaved in their outerfaces.

Applied to the upper end of the neck 2 is a section or cap 1 1, having acentral opening 12 of an internal diameter somewhat smaller 4than thatof the bore 3 and adapted to receive a stopper 13, there being formed onthe section a depending tubular portion or extension 14, internally taered to fit on the adjacent tapered end of t e neck and having aninterior marginal groove or seat 15, adapted to register with the seat 6for the reception of a retaining member or ring 16, which serves to lockthe section or cap in place on the neck.

In practice after the bottle has been lled the valve is introduced intothe assage 3 to rest upon the seat 4 and the shield inserted abovethevalve. The sectionorcap 11 isnext applied and secured in place bymeans of the retaining-ring 16 and serves, owing to the opening l2 beingof smaller diameter than opening 3, to prevent removal of the shield orvalve through the neck of the bottle,it being understood that the ringI6, which is composed of spring material, is laced in the groove 6 priorto application o the cap and after the atter has been fully seatedsprings outward into engagement with the groove 1p, thereby permanentlylocking the cap in ace.

It will be noted that in decanting the liquor the shield 8 moves freelyin the neckl to permit movement of the valve to open position, and,further, that owing to the openings l0 in one head being disposed innon-alinement with those in the other the introduction of an instrumentfor tampering with the valve is rendered extremely difficult if notpractically impossible.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is- A bottlehaving a neck provided with a valve-seat, a valve movably arranged inthe neck to close upon said seat, a guard member movably mounted in theneck above the valve, said guard member comprising a body portion, and apair of relatively spaced heads having radial openings, the openings inone head being in non-alinement with those in the other, and aretaining-cap permanently fixed on the outer end of the neck.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

FRED. H. BEHRMANN. GEORGE H. RODEFELD.

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